48 EDITH, THE YOUNG TEACHER.

CHAPTER VI.
EFFORTS TO DO GOOD.

fipiTu soon heard that the teacher
of the alphabet class was getting bet-
ter. She was not so unkind and
wicked as to feel sorry on this ac-
count, yet she could not help griev-
ing at the thought of leaving the
Sunday school. One day the young
lady called to thank her for having
taken care of her scholars, and to
say that as she hoped to return to
them on the next sabbath, she need
not trouble Edith any more. When
she was gone, the little girl sat
thoughtful and silent, and aunt Mary,
who watched her very closely, saw
that sometimes the tears came into
her eyes. Aunt Mary could guess